Chapter 34 Exploring the Mountains


    A few minutes later.


    The reconnaissance drone entered the mountain range.


    At this time, the mountainous areas had no longer the lush forests that were once prosperous. There are dark wasteland everywhere. Only occasionally are one or two trees burned to coke, still standing stubbornly.


    From time to time, there were also wisps of gray and black smoke rising from all over the place.


    It was a forest fire that had not yet been completely extinguished, lying dormant among the ashes.


    A strong airflow swept over.


    The reconnaissance drone in mid-air was stirred up and down.


    The AI ??in the shelter sensed the danger and immediately began to take over the control of the drone. Let it descend urgently to avoid turbulence from the sky.


    After more than ten seconds, the reconnaissance drone regained balance.


    At this time, it was only a height of more than ten meters from the ground.


    At this height, all the scenery on the ground becomes clearer.


    "It seems like there is a shelter here?"


    Su Wu, who had been observing in front of the console screen, had a look. I noticed an abnormality in the screen.


    He had arisen the idea of ??inquiry.


    Immediately manipulated the drone and flew towards it.


    A distance of hundreds of meters flashed by.


    soon.


    A shelter with a curled door burned by fire appeared on the screen.


    Su Wu carefully observed Ban Xiang and found that there was a crack about ten centimeters wide at the edge of the door crack. It just so happens that reconnaissance drones can be allowed to enter.


    "Go in and take a look."


    Without hesitation, Su Wu made a decision on the spot.


    If he were there, he might not have been so impulsive and risky. But now, the one responsible for exploration is a drone, so there is nothing to say, just be reckless.


    Switch the reconnaissance drone to autonomous driving mode.


    The drone is manipulated by artificial intelligence through that narrow entrance.


    A burnt corpse suddenly appeared in the camera and then quickly enlarged.


    Su Wu was almost frightened when he saw it. But soon, as the drone automatically raised its height in the shelter, the nervousness gradually relaxed.


    He noticed that it was just an ordinary body of the victim. It''s just that it''s very close to the crack of the gate.


    Without stopping the victims for more attention, Su Wu turned on the searchlight on the reconnaissance drone and began to observe the environment inside the shelter.


    The shelter looks like it was transformed from an ordinary cave.


    Through the entrance, an irregular passage several meters long is a spacious cave of about 200 square meters. In the cave, there were dark objects that had been burned into wreckage everywhere. There are only a few large pieces of furniture, and they barely retain the original metal frame.


    "This fire is so big."


    Su Wu raised his eyebrows, and he could even imagine that the scene was like purgatory here when the wildfires spread.


    Obviously, a metal gate and a mountain wall several meters thick did not allow the owners here to avoid the disaster.


    Stayed in the cave for a while.


    Nothing valuable was found. Su Wu was not disappointed, and directed the reconnaissance drone to leave the shelter and continue wandering in the mountains.


    Next, a whole day.


    Except for the middle returning several charges.


    Reconnaissance drones are all shuttled through the mountains. I searched the mountain area within 30 kilometers of Suwu''s refuge inch by inch.


    The results cannot be said to be rich, but they are not small.


    He also discovered two unmanned shelters and four normal shelters that were suspected to be still inhabited.


    There is also a cave with a lot of steel piled up.


    "The proportion of survivors is much higher than expected." "I underestimated the human ability to survive."


    "There is another cave where steel is stored—"


    "I don''t know if its owner is still there."


    Silently mark the four normal shelters and caves that store steel on the map.


    Su Wu felt a little excited.


    But soon, he shook his head again.


    Now he is not short of steel for the time being, so there is no need to do some stealing. You can spend time slowly to determine the ownership of that batch of steel. At that time, whether it is a transaction or a direct acquisition, you will feel more at ease.


    July 1.


    The haze that has been inflated for days has shown signs of dissipation.


    At noon, the sun will occasionally hit the ground.


    No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!


    But this does not mean that the environment is getting better. Instead, it is sliding towards purgatory with a frightening trend.


    That afternoon, at 2:27.


    The temperature in Jianghe City officially reached 70 degrees.


    Workers who are still stranded outside cannot work properly even if they wear special cooling equipment. You can only urgently withdraw to the shelter.


    On the earth, there was almost dead silent at this point.


    Two hours later.


    A storm that covered the sky and the sun swept over.


    The strong winds passed through the city, destroying street lights, signs, and even some houses and warehouses that were not strong enough.


    Endless sand and gravel fell in the storm, splashing on every corner of the earth like heavy rain.


    Farmhouse courtyard.


    The second floor of the underground shelter.


    Su Wu, who received the artificial intelligence alert, hurried to the control center. He sat in front of the console with a serious expression and observed the sudden terrifying storm through the cameras set up outside.


    The wind raged.


    The mountains in the distance have already disappeared in the turbid yellow sand.


    In the nearby gravel beach, many fist-sized stones gradually began to break free from the constraints of the soil and rolled on the ground. Occasionally, stones flew high with strong airflow and crashed into the wall of the farmyard like bullets. Leave a shallow trace on it.


    Bang!


    A crisp sound appeared.


    A camera located on the residential building of a farmhouse yard was hit by a stone falling from the sky. Under the impact of huge kinetic energy, the mirror of the camera cracked on the spot and could no longer work normally. Only the surviving audio module is left, and the outside world is still transmitting the sound of wind to the shelter console.


    "The wind is approaching level 11."


    Su Wu''s eyes turned to another intact surveillance screen.


    The worries in my heart are aggravated.


    After thinking about it, he closed the access and door of the shelter to the outside. Let the engineering team that is digging the four underground floors of the shelter temporarily stop transporting soil outward.


    With a toy-like small body like a miniature transport truck, you may not be able to overturn the car when you go out at this time.


    If your luck is even worse, you may be dragged into heaven.


    It’s better to stay in the shelter honestly and wait for the storm to pass.


    As for the steel and cement piled in the yard, scrap household appliances, vans parked in simple carports, and various supplies temporarily stored in the second-story residential building. It can only be left to fate.


    The storm came too quickly and there was no time to transfer and reinforce them.


    "I hope I can get through it."


    Su Wu murmured to himself.


    (End of this chapter)